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RGD: Day 1 Report

OK, it’s Tuesday and I need a change of plans! I had a case of the Munday’s yesterday, so not too much to report on the game front. I did however get an email from Gamasutra informing me about a great deal at Yoyo Games where you can get a copy of Game Maker Standard edition for FREE until March 2, 2014. I downloaded and installed Game Maker just to try it out. The really neat thing about Game Maker is that you can write games for Mac or Windows without a single line of code. After trying it out for an hour, I could see some real potential in Game Maker for my rapid game development projects. However, I feel the time pressure to get something done for Sunday, so I don’t want to spend too much time learning a new game development environment. That’s when I remembered another great tool for quickly creating games called, Construct 2 by Scirra. With Construct 2 you can create non-commercial game for free for multiple platforms. The really great thing about Construct 2 is that your game came be played on almost any platform without an installation. The free-edition does have some limitations, like limited program events and limited platform support but overall this is a great tool for my gaming projects. There is a learning curve to using Construct 2 as well, but I did some of the tutorials a couple of years ago, so I think I can get a game up and running without too much fuss. So, I’ve decided that my first gaming project won’t just be playable on Macs, you’ll be able to run my game from Adventures in Play without any installation on your computer.

Now, I need to get back to it and finalize my game concept, but first I have to go to work. I’ll report back tomorrow with some screenshots of my initial game ideas.